Launched in 1931, the Amerigo Vespucci tall (sailing) ship of the Italian Navy is midway through an historic, 20-month world tour — an incredible voyage to visit 36 ports in 31 countries on five ...

“Amerigo in Wonderland’s” premise is simple: replace Amerigo’s 16th-century Brazil with 21st-century New York City, throw in the Red Queen and the White Rabbit and take every available chance to ...

The Italian navy’s training ship Amerigo Vespucci will be sailing in proximity of the coasts of Malta in what is a scheduled activity within the training campaign for the cadets of the Naval ...

The name “America” was invented 500 years ago, in 1507. The German mapmaker who did it mistakenly thought Italian adventurer Amerigo Vespucci had discovered the mainland of the New World. The ...

Amerigo Vespucci, the pickle-dealer at Seville, who went out, in 1499, a subaltern with Hojeda, and whose highest naval rank was boatswain’s mate in an expedition that never sailed, managed in ...